Moe Greene

Moe Greene (1922-1955) was a Jewish-American mobster and casino owner from Las Vegas.

Biography
Moe Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1922 to a family of Jewish descent, and he became a renowned Murder, Inc. executioner. Greene was a childhood friend of prominent Jewish mob boss Hyman Roth, and the two of them developed Las Vegas into a gambling and entertainment mecca during the 1940s. Vito Corleone bankrolled Greene's first hotel-casino, and Greene, in return, took Fredo Corleone under his wing in the casino business during the Five Families War. However, Greene chastised and slapped Fredo around in public, angering Fredo's brother, Corleone crime family boss Michael Corleone. In 1954, Michael made a stern offer to buy out Greene's entire interest in the casino as part of the Corleones' relocation to Nevada, but Greene was insulted and refused. He believed that the Corleones now lacked the muscle to take over Nevada, stated that the Barzini crime family would offer him a deal that would allow for him to keep his casinos, and insulted Corleone by telling him that he made his bones while Corleone was going out with cheerleaders.

Death
For this mistake, Greene was executed on the day of Michael Rizzi's baptism in 1955. Don Corleone had Aldo Trapani rob Greene's secret casino in the basement of The Peak to finance the Corleones' move to Nevada, and Trapani was then sent to whack Greene at Orchid Inc. in Midtown Manhattan, where Greene was getting a massage. Trapani drove to Orchid Inc. and shot Greene once with a pistol, with the bullet hitting his right eye. Greene's death led to Roth conspiring to destroy the Corleones.